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Asymptotic Safety and Black Holes (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Asymptotic Safety and Black Holes (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Series: Springer Theses
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One of the open challenges in fundamental physics is to combine
Einstein's theory of general relativity with the principles of
quantum mechancis. In this thesis, the question is raised whether
metric quantum gravity could be fundamental in the spirit of Steven
Weinberg's seminal asymptotic safety conjecture, and if so, what
are the consequences for the physics of small, possibly Planck-size
black holes? To address the first question, new techniques are
provided which allow, for the first time, a self-consistent study
of high-order polynomial actions including up to 34 powers in the
Ricci scalar. These novel insights are then exploited to explain
quantum gravity effects in black holes, including their horizon and
causal structure, conformal scaling, evaporation, and the
thermodynamics of quantum space-time. Results indicate upper limits
on black hole temperature, and the existence of small black holes
based on asymptotic safety for gravity and thermodynamical
arguments.
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